She said: “I was horrified to see the plans for the extension – I certainly wasn’t expecting it but obviously they are trying to maximise the profits they can make.

“The whole village is up in arms about it.”

Infinergy project director Nick Sage accepted the turbines would be more than 20 metres taller than those at Limekiln, but said they would be going up on lower lying land.

Asked about the strength of opposition to the scheme, Mr Sage said: “I’ve been working on this application for nine years an so I can appreciate the people here that don’t like wind farms and can understand that people are upset and I respect their opinions on this.

“But we think this is a very good site for a wind farm and that there is great potential for the area to obtain a large amount of community benefit from it.”

The go-ahead for the extension would add £4 million to the £9 million in community funding coming on stream from Limekiln.

The two schemes would require a construction force of between 60 and 70 and Mr Sage said local contractors would be involved.

If approval is granted by Scottish Ministers, the developers aim to have both schemes live by 2022.

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